New Zealand Gazette – 1944 – No. 93

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✨ Military Appointments and Promotions



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 93

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—
Dated 13th August, 1944—
NZ 417209 Warrant Officer Henry Bogie HUDDLESTON.
Dated 15th September, 1944—
NZ 401924 Warrant Officer Ernest BURROWS.
NZ 416688 Warrant Officer Douglas Arthur BARRAR.
Dated 10th October, 1944—
NZ 404624 Warrant Officer Stanley Gordon COCKS.
Dated 23rd October, 1944—
NZ 412886 Warrant Officer David KAY.

As Air Bomber—
Dated 18th October, 1944—
NZ 428319 Flight Sergeant James Scott HENDERSON.

As Air Gunner—
Dated 21st September, 1944—
NZ 425161 Flight Sergeant John Thomas MEPHAN.

Promotions

The undermentioned Flight Lieutenants (temp.) (Acting Squadron Leaders) to be Squadron Leaders (temp.) :—
Dated 31st October, 1944—
Ian Reid SALMOND.
William Robert KOFOED, D.S.O., D.F.C.
Dated 1st November, 1944: Norman Richard LECHER.

The undermentioned Squadron Leaders (temp.) to be Acting Wing Commanders (paid) :—
Dated 1st November, 1944—
Ian Reid SALMOND.
William ROBERT KOFOED, D.S.O.; D.F.C.
Dated 2nd November, 1944: Norman Richard LECHER.

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) Anthony Brownlow HORROCKS to be Acting Squadron Leader (paid). Dated 9th November, 1944.

The undermentioned Flying Officers (temp.) to be Acting Flight Lieutenants (paid) :—
Dated 25th September, 1944: John Leslie SCOTT.
Dated 14th October, 1944: Lawrence Alan LAWTON.
Dated 19th October, 1944: Frederick Patrick LADD.

The undermentioned Pilot Officers to be Flying Officers (temp.) :—
Dated 6th March, 1944: Alfred Henry KNEWSTUBB.
Dated 4th October, 1944: Nelson Stewart IRVING.
Dated 21st October, 1944: John Hayden MARTIN.
Dated 5th November, 1944—
George Ewen BALLANTYNE. John William OAKLEY.
James Reginald GYLES. Herbert GRIMSON.
Ronald Howorth MARSH. Felix Ellis O’SULLIVAN.
Stanley Garrick LIVINGSTONE.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Allan Dudley KELLY is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 21st November, 1944.

EQUIPMENT BRANCH, SECTION II: TECHNICAL OFFICERS
Relinquishment

Flying Officer Cyril Mallach ROBB is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 16th October, 1944.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH
Promotion

Education Section—
Flight Lieutenant (temp.) (Acting Squadron Leader) Lionel Allan Cromwell WARNER to be Squadron Leader (temp.). Dated 13th October, 1944.

Relinquishment

Flying Officer Kenneth John DUNCAN is permitted to relinquish his temporary commission. Dated 13th November, 1944.

MEDICAL BRANCH
Appointment

NZ 2342 Colin Samuel MORRISON, M.B., Ch.B., is granted a temporary commission in the rank of Flying Officer. Dated 18th November, 1944.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND SPECIAL DUTIES BRANCH, SECTION II (A.T.C.)
Relinquishment

Flying Officer Eliot Millar KING is permitted to relinquish his Air Training Corps Commission. Dated 24th October, 1944.

RESERVE OF AIR FORCE OFFICERS
Transfers

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I :—
Dated 30th October, 1944: Flight Lieutenant Colin Alfred MERRINGTON.
Dated 24th October, 1944: Flying Officer John Malcolm PAYNTER.
Dated 25th October, 1944: Flying Officer Stanley Marriott WHITE.
Dated 8th November, 1944: Flying Officer William John POLSON.
Dated 28th November, 1944: Flying Officer John Henry Charles WAKEFIELD.
Dated 29th September, 1944: Pilot Officer Robert Francis BAILEY.
Dated 10th October, 1944: Pilot Officer Robert Lewis SMITH.

Dated 20th October, 1944—
Pilot Officer Geoffrey Herbert STRANGE.
Pilot Officer Percy Evan KELLAND.
Pilot Officer Clutha Nantes MACKENZIE.
Pilot Officer Walter Riley SCOTT.
Pilot Officer Stafford Eric BROOKS.
Pilot Officer Graham Turpie ROLLO.
Pilot Officer Garth Hopton TWIGDEN.
Pilot Officer Alan George David HUTTON.
Pilot Officer Peter William NICHOLLS.
Pilot Officer Geoffrey David BEAL.
Pilot Officer Albert Hugh NENO.
Pilot Officer Harvey Rex SPANHAKE.
Pilot Officer Paul LEONARD.
Pilot Officer Ian Gordon LYONS.
Pilot Officer Ronald William Frederick MIERS.
Pilot Officer James Daniel McGOWAN.
Pilot Officer Ronald Melville FECHNEY.
Pilot Officer Robert Owen CHITTY.

The undermentioned officers are transferred from the Active List to the Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I :—
Dated 14th October, 1944: Squadron Leader Lionel Allan Cromwell WARNER.
Dated 8th October, 1944: Flight Lieutenant Horace John Dowsland LAMBERT.
Dated 9th October, 1944: Flying Officer Arthur Lionel LITT.
Dated 26th October, 1944: Flying Officer Ronald John SOUTER.
Dated 24th October, 1944: Flying Officer George Bently BEATH.
Dated 31st October, 1944: Flying Officer John Herbert RIMMER. -

F. JONES, Minister of Defence.

Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Relinquishments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Air Department,
Wellington, 24th November, 1944.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointments, promotions, transfers, and relinquishments of officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force :—

GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH
Appointments

The undermentioned are granted temporary commissions in the rank of Pilot Officer :—

As Pilots—
Dated 5th August, 1944—
NZ 405226 Warrant Officer George FRANCIS.
Dated 27th August, 1944—
NZ 415214 Warrant Officer Claude Henry Ian PEASE.
NZ 415021 Warrant Officer Douglas Haig ROBERTSON.
Dated 31st August, 1944—
NZ 416533 Warrant Officer Colin PARKIN.
Dated 5th September, 1944—
NZ 413171 Warrant Officer Howard Craig EDWARDS.
Dated 16th September, 1944—
NZ 421141 Warrant Officer Alan Trouette KOFOED.
Dated 30th September, 1944—
NZ 2337 Richard Clemas RYMAN.
NZ 2338 Ivan SPARKS.
Dated 6th October, 1944—
NZ 424954 Flight Sergeant Alan Dudley SCOTT.
Dated 28th October, 1944—
NZ 429200 Flight Sergeant Edward James RALPH.
Dated 30th October, 1944—
NZ 4213638 Flight Sergeant Phillips Stratton THOMPSON.
NZ 4215085 Flight Sergeant Robert Hector BULL.
NZ 436617 Flight Sergeant Arthur Brian SHAW.

As Navigators—
Dated 14th August, 1944—
NZ 413457 Warrant Officer Cecil Naylor PALMER.
Dated 16th August, 1944—
NZ 4310162 Flight Sergeant Bryan FAIRBROTHER.
Dated 28th September, 1944—
NZ 429335 Flight Sergeant Trevor Hugh HILL.
Dated 1st October, 1944—
NZ 425739 Flight Sergeant Alexander John CRAWFORD.
Dated 20th October, 1944—
NZ 4310161 Flight Sergeant Brian Sarsfield KILPATRICK.

As Wireless Operator/Air Gunners—
Dated 5th September, 1944—
NZ 411904 Warrant Officer Francis George JOHNSTONE.
Dated 16th September, 1944—
NZ 403235 Sergeant Herbert Tomlinson PEARSE.
Dated 16th October, 1944—
NZ 426895 Flight Sergeant Jack MEEHAN.

As Air Gunners—
Dated 16th September, 1944—
NZ 4312196 Sergeant Lloyd Desmond CURTIS.
NZ 4312429 Sergeant Douglas Sinclair SWINBURNE.
Dated 28th October, 1944—
NZ 4312295 Sergeant Edward Thomas HAUGHEY.
NZ 4312737 Sergeant Andrew Logan LESLIE.



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🛡️ Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, and Relinquishments of Officers of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
24 November 1944
Appointments, Promotions, Transfers, Relinquishments, Royal New Zealand Air Force, General Duties Branch, Equipment Branch, Administrative and Special Duties Branch, Medical Branch, Reserve of Air Force Officers
89 names identified
  • Henry Bogie HUDDLESTON (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Ernest BURROWS (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Douglas Arthur BARRAR (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Stanley Gordon COCKS (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • David KAY (Warrant Officer), Appointed as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • James Scott HENDERSON (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Air Bomber
  • John Thomas MEPHAN (Flight Sergeant), Appointed as Air Gunner
  • Ian Reid SALMOND, Promoted to Squadron Leader (temp.)
  • William Robert KOFOED (D.S.O., D.F.C.), Promoted to Squadron Leader (temp.)
  • Norman Richard LECHER, Promoted to Squadron Leader (temp.)
  • Ian Reid SALMOND, Promoted to Acting Wing Commander (paid)
  • William Robert KOFOED (D.S.O., D.F.C.), Promoted to Acting Wing Commander (paid)
  • Norman Richard LECHER, Promoted to Acting Wing Commander (paid)
  • Anthony Brownlow HORROCKS (Flight Lieutenant (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Squadron Leader (paid)
  • John Leslie SCOTT (Flying Officer (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid)
  • Lawrence Alan LAWTON (Flying Officer (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid)
  • Frederick Patrick LADD (Flying Officer (temp.)), Promoted to Acting Flight Lieutenant (paid)
  • Alfred Henry KNEWSTUBB (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
  • Nelson Stewart IRVING (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
  • John Hayden MARTIN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
  • George Ewen BALLANTYNE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
  • John William OAKLEY (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
  • James Reginald GYLES (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
  • Herbert GRIMSON (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
  • Ronald Howorth MARSH (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
  • Felix Ellis O’SULLIVAN (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
  • Stanley Garrick LIVINGSTONE (Pilot Officer), Promoted to Flying Officer (temp.)
  • Allan Dudley KELLY (Flying Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
  • Cyril Mallach ROBB (Flying Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
  • Lionel Allan Cromwell WARNER (Flight Lieutenant (temp.) (Acting Squadron Leader)), Promoted to Squadron Leader (temp.)
  • Kenneth John DUNCAN (Flying Officer), Relinquished temporary commission
  • Colin Samuel MORRISON (Flying Officer), Granted temporary commission
  • Eliot Millar KING (Flying Officer), Relinquished Air Training Corps Commission
  • Colin Alfred MERRINGTON (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • John Malcolm PAYNTER (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Stanley Marriott WHITE (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • William John POLSON (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • John Henry Charles WAKEFIELD (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Robert Francis BAILEY (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Robert Lewis SMITH (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Geoffrey Herbert STRANGE (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Percy Evan KELLAND (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Clutha Nantes MACKENZIE (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Walter Riley SCOTT (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Stafford Eric BROOKS (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Graham Turpie ROLLO (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Garth Hopton TWIGDEN (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Alan George David HUTTON (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Peter William NICHOLLS (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Geoffrey David BEAL (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Albert Hugh NENO (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Harvey Rex SPANHAKE (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Paul LEONARD (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Ian Gordon LYONS (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Ronald William Frederick MIERS (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • James Daniel McGOWAN (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Ronald Melville FECHNEY (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Robert Owen CHITTY (Pilot Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class A, Section I
  • Lionel Allan Cromwell WARNER (Squadron Leader), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I
  • Horace John Dowsland LAMBERT (Flight Lieutenant), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I
  • Arthur Lionel LITT (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I
  • Ronald John SOUTER (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I
  • George Bently BEATH (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I
  • John Herbert RIMMER (Flying Officer), Transferred to Reserve of Air Force Officers, Class B, Section I
  • George FRANCIS (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot
  • Claude Henry Ian PEASE (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot
  • Douglas Haig ROBERTSON (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot
  • Colin PARKIN (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot
  • Howard Craig EDWARDS (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot
  • Alan Trouette KOFOED (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Pilot
  • Richard Clemas RYMAN, Granted temporary commission as Pilot
  • Ivan SPARKS, Granted temporary commission as Pilot
  • Alan Dudley SCOTT (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot
  • Edward James RALPH (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot
  • Phillips Stratton THOMPSON (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot
  • Robert Hector BULL (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot
  • Arthur Brian SHAW (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Pilot
  • Cecil Naylor PALMER (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Navigator
  • Bryan FAIRBROTHER (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Navigator
  • Trevor Hugh HILL (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Navigator
  • Alexander John CRAWFORD (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Navigator
  • Brian Sarsfield KILPATRICK (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Navigator
  • Francis George JOHNSTONE (Warrant Officer), Granted temporary commission as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Herbert Tomlinson PEARSE (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Jack MEEHAN (Flight Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
  • Lloyd Desmond CURTIS (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
  • Douglas Sinclair SWINBURNE (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
  • Edward Thomas HAUGHEY (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner
  • Andrew Logan LESLIE (Sergeant), Granted temporary commission as Air Gunner

  • F. JONES, Minister of Defence